The Las Piñas City government has administered 195,505 vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the total 450,000 target population. (Las Piñas / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the city vaccinated a total of 160,950 residents belongings to the A1 (health care workers),...
The first shipment of Moderna vaccines, comprised of 249,600 doses, was delivered in the country on Sunday night, June 27, providing an additional boost to the government's immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The first batch of Moderna vaccines, comprised of 249,600...
The Commission on Audit has red flagged transactions made by the Office of Solicitor General in its 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. COA disclosed in its 2020 annual audit report for the OSG that the government’s legal counsel has procured P1.49 million worth of medical supplies...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia Sunday recorded 21,342 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike and bringing the total tally to 2,115,304, the Health Ministry said. The COVID-19 related death toll rose by 409 to 57,138, the ministry reported. A total...
MOSCOW, Russia – Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and South Africa reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, a record, as countries across the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye PNoy passed away last Thursday at the age of 61. Like any man and like any President, he had his share of flaws. But I wish to remember him for his better qualities. He was humble, dignified, straightforward in manner and speech, and most important for me as a...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) tallied on Sunday 6,096 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases across the country. The new cases brought the country's cumulative total to 1,397,992, 3.8 percent of which or 52,570 infections remained active. It was shown in the latest case bulletin that 89.5...
The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) will not recommend to the government to stop the vaccination using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines amid the more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation recorded in the United States among young adults and adolescents after the inoculation of...
Is the Philippines better off than when President Duterte stepped into power in 2016? Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this is what he wants to find out when the Chief Executive delivers his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) this July. “After five years, where are we now, or what is...
Accountable officers (AO's) of the Commission on Elections have continued to fail to liquidate cash advances of over P2.59 billion, most of which reportedly spent in previous elections. The Commission on Audit, in its 2020 annual audit report for the Comelec, also disclosed that despite the...
The “preliminary” results of the clinical trials on the use of the Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), and lagundi (Chinese chaste tree) as a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) therapeutic or supplement could be expected by next month, an official of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is vouching on the role of local universities and colleges (LUCs) in increasing students’ access to education while addressing persistent jobs-skills mismatch. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said LUCs also play...
